Got Dark? Check out these mysteries with a noir* feel:*What is noir? A dark crime story. Think gloom and doom. There’s a guy, who’s in trouble. And there’s a girl, who’s usually responsible for all of that trouble. And whether they’ll get out of it or not...well, you’ll just have to read the book. |
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 | Avi |
| Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror |
| No one believes that Andy’s receiving phone calls from a confessed killer…or that the killer will strike again. |
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 | Brooks, Kevin |
| The Road of the Dead |
| Two brothers try to uncover the identity of their sister’s killer in a town that will do anything to keep its secrets. |
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 | Ferguson, Alane |
| The Angel of Death: A Forensic Mystery |
| Teenaged assistant to the coroner Cameryn Mahoney is at it again, this time using her knowledge of forensics to investigate the murder of a popular teacher. |
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 | Giles, Gail |
| What Happened to Cass McBride?: a Novel |
| Blaming her for his brother’s suicide, Kyle Kirby exacts a horrific revenge on popular Cass McBride |
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 | Gratz, Alan |
| Something Rotten: A Horatio Wilkes Mystery |
| When Hamilton Prince’s father is murdered, his best friend Horatio takes the case, determined to stop the killer before he can strike again. |
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 | Hammett, Dashiell |
| The Maltese Falcon |
| Gumshoes. Gangsters. Dames. And a mysterious statue everyone’s trying to get their hands on. |
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 | McNamee, Graham |
| Acceleration |
What would you risk to save the life of a stranger? When Duncan discovers the diary of a wanna-be serial killer, he resolves to stop him. It’s the Hardy Boys meet Hannibal Lecter.
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 | Price, Charlie |
| Dead Connection |
| Being able to talk to the dead used to be a comfort to Murray. Until that is, the missing cheerleader started begging him to find her body. |
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 | Qualey, Marsha |
| Close to a Killer |
| Barrie finds herself too close to a killer for comfort when two murders are linked to her mother’s beauty parlor, staffed entirely by ex-cons. |
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 | Wahl, Mats |
| The Invisible |
| 15-year-old Hilmer disappeared one Saturday. Or did he? Completely invisible to the outside world, Hilmer follows the detective assigned to his case hoping to discover what has happened to him. |
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 | Werlin, Nancy |
| The Killer’s Cousin |
| Accused and acquitted of murdering his girlfriend, David’s finding starting over in a new town isn’t easy, especially since his aunt and uncle are haunted by their eldest daughter’s recent death. |
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